Canada
We lay in a heap on the floor by my bed; both of us breathing ruggedly. He was turned on his side, propped up on his arm with his other hand tracing down my stomach. He seemed to like to draw imaginary circles around my belly button. The smile on his face was so serine. I closed my eyes thinking back to what we'd just done. It had been my turn this time to bite a pillow. There was no way I wanted my dad to hear me. Sure his hearing was poor in comparison to a vampire's but like I said, I'm not use to having to be quiet. Even when I'd lured my husband to the bathroom on the plane, it had been alien to me to have to stifle my moans of pleasure into Edwards shoulder.
But that wouldn't be enough at the Cullen residence. They'd all still hear me.
We hadn't been very long, not wanting my dad to notice us missing for too long, so we got up and dressed again.
"Tell me what happened to your pocket watch?" I don't think he'd thought I'd been paying attention to that story.
"Well, I told you and your dad about it, it had belonged to my grandfather and was passed on to me after his death..." He started to tell me.
"I know, I meant about the unfortunate accident?" I pushed
"Oh! Well, I'd had it out to wear one night when we went to one of Carlisle's works charity events." Again I interrupted him
"You actually used it?" The thought of Edward in a suit, with a little gold chain hanging by his waist made me chuckle.
"They don't make them like they used to..."
I couldn't help but giggle at his statement. It was the sort of thing that my grandmother Swan used to say all the time. But then I guess they'd have both been around then to speculate.
He continued to tell me how he'd placed it on the sideboard when they were living in Alaska with the Denali's. Emmet and Rose had been having a fight and Emmett banged his had down at the side of him, straight onto my husbands watch and straight through the sideboard too. He couldn't understand why both Edward and Tanya had been pissed with him.
I remembered him pointing out one of Charlie's and said how it was very nearly the same.
That night when we got back home, the house seemed empty,
"Anybody home?" Edward called through the house; more for my benefit I think. "We would appear to be alone." Again he held that wicked little grin of his. "And I believe our bed needs christening." His hands were already tracing down my hips as he stood behind me. His eagerness apparently pressed against me.
I smiled at him and before I knew what happened I was already up the stairs and the majority of our clothes thrown around the room. I couldn't hide my giddiness.
His hands seemed to be all over me today. I nearly lost it before we'd even started anything just from him touching me. But my mouth found its voice again once he really took me over. I couldn't help but moan in ecstasy. His name was falling off my lips repeatedly. I knew he secretly got a kick out of hearing it. My body began to rock and shake from what I new was coming.
"OH...MY.. .GOD! EDWARD!!!" I new I should at least try to control my volume but I couldn't even think straight as a tidal wave washed over my body.
"Sshh!" He chuckled. They're going to be back any minute." He placed a finger over my lips before kissing me with a gentle little brush of his.
"I don't care who hears my right now! I don't care if they hear me in Canada!" I moaned as my body arched under him. I felt him tense up then growl lowly into my ear; he went rigid just before he carefully collapsed over me.
I woke up the next morning pretty much in the same state as on our honeymoon; tangled up in the sheets. This time it was me draped over Edward. He seemed to be amused by something. We got ready and made our way down to the kitchen again. Edward had fallen into a routine of making me breakfast; much to Emmett's disapproval.
"Dude, she's not even vamped out yet and she has you whipped!" He shook his head in a 'shame on you' manner.
Edward's reply took Emmett of guard and made me blush.
"Now there's a thought!" He'd beamed at me.
"Yeah get a room first; preferably somewhere on the other side of the continent!" He'd disappeared shuddering.
Emmet was in the kitchen when we entered this morning too. And He was sporting a stupid grin. My husband also seemed to be struggling more that usual to stifle his amusement now as well.
What had I missed?
Emmett took our appearance to be his cue to leave. As he walked out the door he started to sing the Canadian national anthem very loudly.
I froze.
Edwards POV
The look on Bella's face should not have been funny yet I couldn't help but laugh. She threw me a shocked and horrified glare with a bit of anger in the mix too. I walked over to her and wrapped my arms around her and she buried her face in my pullover. We'd managed to get the house to our selves for a few hours only to be caught out yet again.
I'd heard the other's pulling up the drive but both Bella and I were on the point of exploding so I wasn't about to stop to tell her. I didn't think that she'd start making so much noise. Not that I mind. It makes me feel really good to know I'm the cause of her behaving that way. Of course they'd all just entered the house when she'd been voicing her 'approval.' And I heard Emmett falling around laughing hysterically. I knew he'd be a nightmare to Bella now. I'd have to corner him and threaten to trash his Jeep if he gave her too much grief.
Time
It would be Edward's birthday in a couple of days, not that he usually bothered doing anything. This year how ever we were going out for the evening, to show our support for my new father in law. He was being given an award from The American Medical Association for his outstanding contribution to medicine. I wasn't looking forward to the very formal event, but I was so pleased for Carlisle that I couldn't let him down and not go.
I knew Edward would be pissed at me for getting him a gift, especially as I always made such a fuss about him not getting me anything. But I couldn't help it. I saw it and had to get him it. I was sure he'd get over his annoyance pretty quick. It had taken pretty much all that was left of my college fund, but seeing as Edward was insisting on paying my fees, not that I planned on being human by then; I didn't see that it would hurt to spend it.
I was now in the engraver's waiting to pick up his gift. I decided to have it personalised. The store clerk opened the gift to show me the inscription I'd picked to be written in Portuguese, Edward's favourite language.
Nosso amor é eterno
Perfect.
Now all I had to do was go to pick up my dress.
Alice had been very disapproving when I told her I could dress my self. But after a brief moment of space staring she looked at me again.
"WOW nice!" She beamed at the thought that I did have some under laying fashion sense; if she let me be once in a while. She didn't grasp that I used to cover up so much to save her brothers temptations. That boundary had been well and truly crossed so a bit more flesh on show wouldn't hurt him now.
It was a beautiful strapless, full length gown in midnight blue velvet; embellished with a few stunningly placed diamantes. I planned on having my hair pinned up and a pair of white satin gloves. I'm guessing it wasn't going to be too much as Alice had approved.
Once I'd been given my credit card back by the assistant. I left the store with my purchases and headed back to the car. I'd borrowed the Volvo for this outing seen as my truck seemed to be dying finally. Edward was waiting until it choked its last so he could go out and buy me a new car. He hated that my truck struggled to get past fifty five and wanted to get me something with a bit more power under the hood; though the thought of anything faster scared me senseless after my cousin's accident.
He'd picked up on my new sense of nervousness when he drove and put two and two together and immediately slowed down. I had given him a grateful look and he'd smiled back at me with understanding eyes.
The morning of Edward's birthday came round fast. I was suddenly very nervous about giving him his gift and as to when to give him it. I decided to give him it when we were ready to go out.
I spent a couple of hours getting ready. I suddenly wanted to look good for my husband; especially tonight. I'd showered, dried my hair off slightly before sculpting it up into a bunch of barrel curls just above the nape of my neck. I had found out the hair combs my parents had given my as a wedding gift, and placed them in my hair just above the curly knot. It was smoothed back all the way from the front to under the elaborate bun at the back with a sweep of hair partly over my forehead pulled back and pinned under the bun too.
I had a simple solitaire diamond necklace delicately adorning my throat; my mom had bought it as a gift for my seventeenth birthday but I only wore it occasionally as I was afraid to break it. My makeup was kept simple, a little silver eye shadow, a small amount of liner and mascara and a sheer gloss on my lips just a shade darker than their natural colour. I was as ready as I was ever going to be.
I nervously made my way down the staircase, watching my feet as I went. I hadn't noticed Emmet, Rose and Jazz waiting by the front door. Emmet and Jazz's mouths dropped as they watched me descend.
"Bella?" Rose smiled at me, looking a little surprised.
"What's with the dumb stuck thoughts" Edward asked as he made his way over to get ready to leave; the others following suit.
Edward's POV
Wow! No, that didn't cover it!
I watched my wife walking towards me from the bottom of the staircase in complete awe. I wasn't sure if I had a word in my extensive vocabulary to describe how she looked. Her dress flowed effortlessly over her body, fitting perfectly; blue of course. She looked exquisite; beyond that!
"Bella, you look beautiful!" Esme had praised her. Say something Edward! She added privately just for me.
"Bella!" I walked the last couple of feet separating us and wrapped my arms around her tiny waist. "You look devastatingly beautiful!" I leaned down and kissed her cheek as she blushed at my comment.
My head swam with the thoughts of everyone else in the room; all looking at my wife's beauty truly for the first time, though I wasn't sure I liked my brothers looking at her in quite the way they were. Emmet's mind was racing in all kinds of directions, and I couldn't help but turn to him and snarl at him. The look in his eyes told me he'd got the message. Rose would KILL him if she knew exactly what he had just been thinking. But then so would I.
Everyone started to make their way to their cars.
"Wait!" Bella gripped my arm to get my attention. "I know you're going to be mad to me but I don't care." She reached into her little silver purse and pulled out a gift wrapped box. "Happy Birthday" She shyly smiled as she handed me the box.
She'd gotten me a gift? Huh!
"Please wait until you opened it to decide if you're going to yell or not? Please?"
I pulled away the paper to reveal a little black velvet box. I ran my fingers over the fabric before slowly opening the lid. I gasped as I saw the small golden round watch hiding in there. If I were capable of crying I would have been. I looked back to Bella and then back to my gift.
"Bella I...." The words wouldn't come out.
"I know it was one like that that you had, I asked Charlie to show me which one you said it was like before I started hunting. I finally found this one in a little store in Seattle..." She was nervous about giving it to me. "It's not new obviously but it was the closest I could get." She bit her lip with worry; like she expected me not to like it.
I still couldn't speak so I pulled her into the tightest hug I dare give her. It was exactly like the one that had belonged to my grandfather. I pulled away enough to look into her eyes as she realised even through my silence that I loved it.
"I had it inscribed" She lifted it out of its bed and gently opened the hinged front; revealing the delicate clock face inside. "Nosso amor é eterno" She read with near perfect clarity.
"Our love is eternal" I found my voice as my mouth found hers passionately. I don't know how long it had been but we were interrupted by the sound of impatient honking horns, signalling we had to go.
And the Award goes to...
Bella's POV
The night flowed flawlessly into the early hours of the morning. And we were still going strong. Usually this kind of thing would have worn me out by now. But I was still in Edward's arms spinning and twirling to the music filling the room around us. I'd managed to banish my fear of dancing a little more now. But only if it was him I was dancing with.
He'd made me feel like a princess throughout the night. I liked it too. I just asked him not to spoil me too much and he found my request absurd.
We'd spent the evening watching various medical practitioners being handed their awards for many different reasons. When Carlisle had been called up, the rest of us stood up and hooted and cheered, letting the perfect behaviour persona slip in a moment of elation for him. He'd said a few words and thanked different people but his biggest thanks were directed at this family, for their love and support. I had to wipe a sly tear, trying to escape from the corner of my eye, away hoping that Emmett wouldn't notice and start with the verbal vomit. He loved making fun of me, but he was never malicious or degrading, it was always meant in jest. The way any big brother would treat his sister. And he was my brother now, and when he thought no one was around, he'd give me a hug and tell me how happy he was that Edward had found me; how I was good for his brother. This just made me warm to him more.
"And I'd also like to thank my new Daughter in law, Isabella. She has no idea how much she's done for our family; mainly that I finally get to see my son happy at last..."
What was he doing??? Everyone turned to look at where we were all sat; I felt myself moving my body in as close as I could in public to my husband, as if I could crawl into him to hide; my face flushing scarlet.
Edward on the other hand simply beamed with pride as he looked at me.
"Thank you Bella" Carlisle winked at me from the stand.
The two pretty blonds on the next table now threw daggers at me.
Earlier on, when we first arrived, I went to use the bathroom before getting settled at our table. They'd been applying more makeup to there already overloaded faces.
"Watch, I bet I get a hold of Edward Cullen tonight!
I suddenly fell silent in the cubicle I was occupying; listening intently to their conversation.
"No way! He doesn't do the dating thing!" The other girl chimed in.
"We'll see! I have my ways!" They both giggled at something I didn't see. I pulled the door open and walked over to the basin to wash my hands and they both turned to look at me before carrying on their conversation. This was going to be the longest hand wash in the history of the world.
"You've got to admit, he has an amazing ass! I want to bite it!
I coughed; trying to hide my reaction to her boldness. This was MY man she was talking about!
"Hey are you ok?" She asked as I tried to catch my breath.
"Uh yeah thanks." I faked my best smile at her, in my mind I was imagining ripping out her throat.
"I bet he's incredible in bed!" She smugly chuckled to the other girl as they turned to leave the rest room.
OH MY GOD! Screw her throat; I'd rip out her eyes first for ogling Edward like that! Then I'd rip out her throat. I was starting to wonder just how much being around a bunch of vampires could rub off on a person. I laughed at the thought.
They were already seated when Edward had met me and lead me into the function room; his arm firmly wrapped around me. His face lit up with a proud smile at having me on his arm.
When they saw us approach the next table and witnessed our affection, their faces fell through the ground. Edward must have been hearing their thoughts, because he made a point of sitting between them and me, with his back to them.
Again the look that had crossed him on the plane at the attendant that had tried to get his attention was back firmly on his face and that was all I needed to know.
So having my new father in law announce to the whole room that I was married to his son; the one of their and fantasy's and affections was more than they'd ever expected. I thought at most that they hoped I was his girlfriend that he'd soon get bored with and turn his attentions onto them. NA AH! I sat in secretly pissed of mode at their looks of hatred to me and I wanted to do something about it; but what? I was starting to get tired and Edward noticed immediately. Esme announced that they all planned on staying over night in the hotel attached to the awards venue. I got the impression that it was their way of giving us some alone time after she'd been just as embarrassed for me as I was for myself when they'd come home last week.
Edward picked up my jacket and walked around the table to take my hand.
"Wait!" I walked over to the two girls at the next table, not having clue at where the bravery was coming from. "You're right! He has an amazing ass, I've seen it!" I turned to see the shocked look on Edwards face and heard Emmett belt out the biggest laugh I'd every heard. "And just for the record....The sex is amazing!" With that I stalked off leaving my husband dumb struck. He quickly turned on his heal to follow me; catching me up and wrapping his arm around my waist. He couldn't disguise the huge grin flaunting it's self on his face, he looked so smug. Even as we walked through the front door of the celebrations I could still hear Emmet laughing. I wondered how far away we'd be before Edward could no longer hear him. We walked over to the Volvo that the Valet had just brought back. He moved so close behind me before stretching around me to open my door.
"It's a shame you're tired, because I've never wanted you more than right now!" He bent low enough to whisper in my ear.
I guess my big girl words had an effect on him. I turned around to face him, his face inches away from my own.
"It's a good job that I'm not tired then Huh?" I whispered back up into him.
He growled quietly to himself at what ever thought of what he wanted to do to me settled in his mind and I prayed to God that it wouldn't distract him too much from driving, After all, with how brave I was feeling I might have to encourage him myself on our way home. He did have excellent reflexes after all.
